Xenopus laevis egg jelly contains small proteins that are essential to fertilization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 401-410

  Olson, John H ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg jelly; Fertilization; Sperm egg interaction; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033564463     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9281     Document Type: Article

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